Verse List for PROV 2:20

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So follow the ways of good people, ⇔ ≈ and stay on the path of those who want to do what’s right,

OET-LV So _that you _may _walk in_the_way _of good_people and_the_paths _of righteous_people you _will _keep.

ULT So you shall walk in the way of the good ones ⇔ and the paths of the righteous ones you shall keep.

UST Therefore, behave like a good person. ⇔  Indeed, conduct yourself like a righteous person.

BSB & MSB So you will follow in the ways of the good, ⇔  and keep to the paths of the righteous.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Therefore walk in the way of good men, ⇔  and keep the paths of the righteous.

NET So you will walk in the way of good people, ⇔ and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

LSV That you go in the way of the good,
And keep the paths of the righteous.

FBV So you should follow the way of the good, and make sure you stay on the paths of those who do right.

T4T ⇔  If you are wise, you should behave like good men behave. ⇔  You should ◄stay on the paths that righteous people walk on/do what godly people do► [MET],

LEB • So that you will walk on the road of those who are good,
• and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

BBE So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

Moff living the life of honest men ⇔  and keeping to the good man’s road.

JPS That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

ASV That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, ⇔ And keep the paths of the righteous.

DRA That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.

YLT That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

Drby — that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

RV That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
(That thou/you mayest/may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.)

SLT So that thou shalt go in the way of the good, and thou shalt watch the paths of the just.

Wbstr That thou mayest walk in the way of good men , and keep the paths of the righteous.

KJB-1769 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
(That thou/you mayest/may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.)

KJB-1611 That thou mayest walke in the way of good men, and keepe the pathes of the righteous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Therfore walke thou in the way of such as be vertuous, & kepe the pathes of the righteous.
(Therefore walk thou/you in the way of such as be power/strengthous, and keep the paths of the righteous.)

Gnva Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
(Therefore walk thou/you in the way of good men, and keep the ways of the righteous.)

Cvdl That thou mayest walke in ye good waye, and kepe the pathes of the rightuous.
(That thou/you mayest/may walk in ye/you_all good way, and keep the paths of the righteous.)

Wycl That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men.
(That thou/you go in a good way, and keep the paths of just men.)

Luth auf daß du wandelst auf gutem Wege und bleibest auf der rechten Bahn.
(on/in/to that you(sg) walk on/in/to good ways and stay/remain on/in/to the/of_the right path.)

ClVg Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
(As you_walk in/into/on way/road good(s), and calles of_the_righteous guards:)

UHB לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּ⁠דֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְ⁠אָרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ ‡

BrLXX Εἰ γὰρ ἐπορεύοντο τρίβους ἀγαθὰς, εὕροσαν ἂν τρίβους δικαιοσύνης λείας.

BrTr For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness [fn]easy.